John 15:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Euery braunche that beareth not fruite in me, he will take away: And euery braunche that beareth fruite wyll he pourge, that it may bryng foorth more fruite.

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  • Matt 3:10 : 10 Euen now is the axe also put vnto the roote of the trees: therefore, euery tree which bryngeth not foorth good fruite, is hewen downe, and cast into the fire.
  • Matt 15:13 : 13 But he aunswered and sayde: Euery plantyng which my heauenly father hath not planted, shalbe rooted vp.
  • Heb 12:10-11 : 10 For they veryly, for a fewe dayes, chastened vs after their owne pleasure: but he, for our profite, that we myght be partakers of his holynesse. 11 No chashsyng for the present seemeth to be ioyous, but greeuous: Neuerthelesse, afterwarde it bryngeth the quiet fruite of ryghteousnesse, vnto the which are exercised therby.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I loue, I rebuke and chasten: Be feruent therfore, & repent.
  • Heb 6:7-8 : 7 For the earth which drynketh in the rayne that commeth oft vppon it, and bringeth foorth hearbes meete for them by whom also it is dressed, receaueth blessyng of God: 8 But that grounde whiche beareth thornes and bryers, is reproued, and is nye vnto cursyng, whose ende is to be burned.
  • Matt 3:12 : 12 Whose fanne is in his hande, and he wyll purge his floore, and gather his wheate into his garner: but wyl burne vp the chaffe with vnquencheable fire.
  • Job 17:9 : 9 The righteous also wyll kepe his way, and he that hath cleane handes wyll euer be stronger and stronger.
  • Matt 13:12 : 12 For whosoeuer hath, to hym shalbe geuen, and he shall haue more aboundaunce: But whosoeuer hath not, from hym shalbe taken away, euen that he hath.
  • Mal 3:3 : 3 And he shall sit downe to trye and fine the siluer, and he shal purge the children of Leui, and purifie them as golde and siluer: and they shal bring vnto the lorde offeringes in righteousnesse.
  • Phil 1:9-9 : 9 And this I pray, that your loue may abounde yet more and more in knowledge, and in all vnderstandyng: 10 That ye maye discerne thynges that differ, that ye maye be pure, and without offence, tyll the day of Christe. 11 Beyng fylled with the fruites of righteousnesse, which are by Iesus Christ, vnto the glorie and prayse of God.
  • 1 Thess 5:23-24 : 23 And the very God of peace santifie you throughout And I pray God that your whole spirite, and soule, and body, may be preserued blamelesse in the comming of our Lorde Iesus Christe. 24 Faythfull is he whiche called you, whiche wyll also do it.
  • Rom 8:28 : 28 For we knowe yt all thinges worke for the best, vnto them that loue God, to them which also are called of purpose.
  • Luke 13:7-9 : 7 Then sayde he to the dresser of his vineyarde: Beholde, this three yere I haue come & sought fruite in this figge tree, and finde none: cut it downe, why cumbreth it the grounde? 8 And he aunswered, & sayde vnto him: Lorde, let it alone this yere also, tyll I dygge rounde about it, & dongue it. 9 And yf it beare fruite thou mayest let it alone: and yf it beare not then, after that shalt thou cut it downe.
  • Ps 51:7-9 : 7 Purge thou me with hyssop and I shalbe cleane: washe thou me, and I shalbe whyter then snowe. 8 Make thou me to heare some ioy and gladnesse: let the bones reioyce which thou hast broken. 9 Turne thy face from my sinnes: and wype out all my misdeedes. 10 Make thou vnto me a cleane heart O Lorde: and renue thou a ryght spirite within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy presence: and take not thy holy spirite from me. 12 Geue me agayne the comfort of thy saluation: and confirme me with a free wyllyng spirite. 13 Then wyll I teache thy wayes vnto the wicked: and sinners shalbe conuerted vnto thee.
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 The path of the righteous shineth, as the light that is euer bryghter and bryghter vnto the perfect day.
  • John 15:8 : 8 Herein is my father glorified: that ye beare much fruite, and become my disciples.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 Then shall we haue vnderstanding, and endeuour our selues to knowe the Lord: he shal go foorth as the spring of the day, & come vnto vs as the rayne, and as the latter rayne vnto the earth.
  • Matt 21:19 : 19 And when he sawe one fygge tree in the waye, he came to it, and founde nothyng theron but leaues only, & said vnto it: neuer fruite growe on thee henceforwarde. And anone the figge tree withered away.
  • Luke 8:13 : 13 They on the stones, are they which when they heare, receaue the worde with ioy: & these haue no rootes, which for a whyle beleue, and in tyme of temptation go away.
  • 2 Cor 4:17-18 : 17 For our exceedyng tribulation which is momentanie & lyght, prepareth an exceedyng and an eternall wayght of glorie vnto vs. 18 Whyle we loke not on the thynges whiche are seene, but on the thynges which are not seene. For the thynges which are seene, are temporall: but the things which are not seene, are eternal.
  • Gal 5:22-23 : 22 But the fruite of the spirite is, loue, ioye, peace, long sufferyng, gentlenesse, goodnesse, fayth, 23 Mekenesse, temperauncie: agaynst such there is no lawe.
  • Col 1:5-9 : 5 For the hopes sake which is layde vp for you in heauen, of which hope ye hearde before, in the worde of trueth of the Gospell, 6 Which is come vnto you, euen as it is into all the worlde, & is fruitfull, as it is also in you, from the day ye hearde of it and knewe the grace of God in trueth, 7 As ye also learned of Epaphras, our deare felowe seruaunt, which is for you a faythfull minister of Christe: 8 Who also declared vnto vs your loue in the spirite. 9 For this cause we also, sence ye day we hearde, haue not ceassed to pray for you, and to desire that ye myght be fulfylled with knowledge of his wyll, in all wisdome & spiritual vnderstandyng, 10 That ye myght walke worthie of the Lorde in all pleasyng, beyng fruitefull in all good workes, and encreasyng in the knowledge of God,
  • Heb 12:15 : 15 Takyng heede that no man fall away from the grace of God, lest any roote of bitternesse spryngyng vp, trouble you, and therby many be defyled.
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from vs, but they were not of vs: For yf they had ben of vs, they woulde no doubt haue continued with vs: But that it myght appeare that they were not of vs.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 Which gaue hym selfe for vs, that he myght redeeme vs from all vnryghteousnesse, and pourge vs a peculier people vnto hym selfe, zelous of good workes.
  • 1 Cor 13:1 : 1 Though I speake with the tongues of men and of Angels, and haue not loue, I am as soundyng brasse, or as a tincklyng Cimball:
  • John 15:16 : 16 Ye haue not chosen me, but I haue chosen you, and ordayned you, to go, and bryng foorth fruite, and that your fruite shoulde remayne, that whatsoeuer ye aske of the father in my name, he may geue it you.
  • John 17:12 : 12 Whyle I was with them in ye worlde, I kept them in thy name. Those that thou gauest me, haue I kept, and none of them is lost, but that lost chylde, that the scripture myght be fulfylled.
  • Rom 5:3-5 : 3 Not that only: but also we reioyce in tribulations, knowyng that tribulation worketh pacience: 4 Pacience profe, profe hope: 5 And hope maketh not ashamed, because the loue of God is shedde abrode in our heartes by the holy ghost, which is geuen vnto vs.
  • Isa 29:19 : 19 The meeke spirited also shall be merie in the Lorde, and the poore among them that be lowly shall reioyce in the holy one of Israel:
  • Matt 13:33 : 33 Another parable spake he vnto them: The kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto leuen, which a woman taketh & hydeth in three peckes of meale, tyll all be leuened.

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  • 1 I am the true vine, and my father is the husbandman.

  • John 15:3-8
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    3 Nowe are ye cleane through the worde which I haue spoken vnto you.

    4 Byde in me, and I in you. As the braunche can not beare fruite of it selfe, except it byde in the vine: no more can ye, except ye abyde in me.

    5 I am the vine, ye are the braunches. He that abydeth in me, and I in hym, the same bryngeth foorth much fruite: For without me can ye do nothyng.

    6 Yf a man byde not in me, he is cast foorth as a braunch, and withereth, and men gather them, and cast them into the fyre, and they burne.

    7 Yf ye byde in me, and my wordes abyde in you, aske what ye wyll, and it shalbe done for you.

    8 Herein is my father glorified: that ye beare much fruite, and become my disciples.

  • Matt 7:16-20
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    16 Ye shall knowe them by theyr fruites, Do men gather grapes of thornes? or fygges of thystles?

    17 Euen so, euery good tree, bryngeth foorth good fruite: But a corrupt tree, bryngeth foorth euyll fruite.

    18 A good tree, can not bryng foorth bad fruite: neither can a bad tree, bryng foorth good fruite.

    19 Euery tree that bryngeth not foorth good fruite, is hewen downe, and cast into the fyre.

    20 Wherfore, by theyr fruites, ye shall knowe them.

  • 9 Nowe also is the axe layed vnto the roote of the trees: Euery tree therfore which bryngeth not foorth good fruite, is hewen downe, and cast into the fire.

  • 5 For afore the haruest whe the braunch is growen, there shall come ripe fruite of the floure: and he shal cut downe the increase with sithes, and the braunches shall he take away with hookes.

  • 10 Euen now is the axe also put vnto the roote of the trees: therefore, euery tree which bryngeth not foorth good fruite, is hewen downe, and cast into the fire.

  • 9 And yf it beare fruite thou mayest let it alone: and yf it beare not then, after that shalt thou cut it downe.

  • 13 But he aunswered and sayde: Euery plantyng which my heauenly father hath not planted, shalbe rooted vp.

  • Ezek 15:1-3
    3 verses
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    1 The worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying:

    2 Thou sonne of man, what commeth of the vine tree, more then of euery other tree, & of the wylde vine stocke among other trees of the forest?

    3 Do men take wood of it to make any worke withall? or wyll men take a pin of it to hang any vessell theron?

  • Luke 6:43-44
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    43 For it is not a good tree, that bryngeth foorth euyll fruite: Neither is that an euyll tree, that bryngeth foorth good fruite.

    44 For euery tree is knowen by his fruite: for of thornes do not me gather fygges, nor of busshes, gather they grapes.

  • 7 He hath destroyed my vine, & barked my figge tree, he hath pilled it and cast it from him, and hath left bowes therof whyte.

  • Job 15:32-33
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    32 He shal perishe afore his time be worne out, and his braunche shall not be greene.

    33 He shalbe plucked of as an vntimely grape from the vine, and shall let his floure fall as the oliue doth.

  • Ezek 17:8-9
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    8 It was planted vpon a good soyle beside great waters, so that it should haue brought out braunches, & borne fruite, and haue ben a goodly vine.

    9 Speake thou therfore, thus saith the Lorde God: Shall this vine prosper? shall he not pull vp the rootes therof, and destroy the fruite thereof, and cause them to dry? all the leaues of her bud shall wither without great power, or many people, to plucke it vp by the rootes thereof.

  • Luke 13:6-7
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    6 He tolde also this similitude. A certaine man had a figge tree planted in his vineyarde, and he came, and sought fruite theron, and founde none.

    7 Then sayde he to the dresser of his vineyarde: Beholde, this three yere I haue come & sought fruite in this figge tree, and finde none: cut it downe, why cumbreth it the grounde?

  • Rom 11:16-19
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    16 For yf the first fruites be holy, ye whole lumpe also is holy. And yf the roote be holy, the braunches also.

    17 And yf some of the brauches be broken of, and thou beyng a wylde Oliue tree, wast graft in among them, & made partaker of the roote and fatnesse of the Oliue tree:

    18 Boast not thy selfe agaynst the braunches. For yf thou boast thy selfe, thou bearest not the roote, but the roote thee.

    19 Thou wylt say then, the braunches are broken of, that I might be graft in.

  • 16 Ye haue not chosen me, but I haue chosen you, and ordayned you, to go, and bryng foorth fruite, and that your fruite shoulde remayne, that whatsoeuer ye aske of the father in my name, he may geue it you.

  • 33 Either make the tree good, and his fruite good: or els make the tree euyll, and his fruite euyll. For the tree, is knowen by his fruite.

  • 2 This he hedged, and gathered out the stones from it, and planted it with the choysest vine: In the middest of it builded he a towre, also made a wine presse therin: and he loked that it shoulde bring him grapes, and it brought foorth wylde grapes.

  • Isa 5:4-5
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    4 What more coulde haue ben done for it, that I haue not done? Wherfore then hath it geuen wylde grapes, where I loked to haue had grapes of it?

    5 Well, nowe I shall tell you howe I will do with my vineyarde: I will take the hedge from it, that it may perishe, and breake downe the wall therof, that it may be troden vnder foote.

  • 15 and vineyarde that thy ryght hande hath planted, and the young braunche which thou hast fortified for thy selfe.

  • 10 And in the vine were three braunches, and it was as though it budded, & her blossomes shot foorth: and the clusters therof brought foorth rype grapes.

  • 19 And when he sawe one fygge tree in the waye, he came to it, and founde nothyng theron but leaues only, & said vnto it: neuer fruite growe on thee henceforwarde. And anone the figge tree withered away.

  • 6 The labouryng husbandman, must first be partaker of the fruites.

  • 2 And when the tyme was come, he sent to the husbande men a seruaunt, that he myght receaue of the husbandmen, of the fruite of the vineyarde.

  • 24 Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto you, except the wheate corne fall into the grounde, and dye, it abideth alone: If it dye, it bryngeth foorth much fruite.

  • 29 But when the fruite is brought foorth, anone he thrusteth in the sickle, because the haruest is come.

  • Ezek 17:5-6
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    5 He toke also of the seede of the land, and planted it in a fruiteful grounde, he brought it vnto great waters, and set it in an open trenche.

    6 Then did it grow, and was a spreading vine, but lowe of stature, whose braunches turned towarde it, and the rootes of it were vnder it: thus there came of it a vine, and it brought foorth braunches, and shot foorth buddes.

  • 6 And therefore thus saith the Lorde god, As the vine tree that is among the trees of the forest, which I haue geuen to the fire to be consumed: so wyll I geue the inhabitauntes of Hierusalem.

  • 17 Which hath his fanne in his hande, & wyll purge his floore, & wyll gather the wheate into his barne: but ye chaffe wyl burne vp, with fire that neuer shalbe quenched.

  • 21 Wheras I planted thee a noble vine, and wholly a right seede: howe art thou turned then into a bitter vnfruitfull and straunge grape?